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<H2>startup</H2>
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Start magic from inside the Tcl interpreter.
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<H3>Usage:</H3>
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      <B>startup</B> <BR><BR>
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<H3>Summary:</H3>
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      The <B>startup</B> command is not a user command.  It is called
      by Tcl packages that wish to use <B>magic</B> from the interpreter.
      The procedure for starting magic is as follows:
      <UL>
        <LI> Load the <TT>tclmagic.so</TT> object file.
        <LI> Call <B>initialize</B> with arguments passed to <B>magic</B>
                on the command line.
        <LI> Call <B>startup</B>
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<H3>Implementation Notes:</H3>
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      <B>startup</B> is implemented as a built-in command in <B>magic</B>,
      but only defined by the Tcl version.
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<H3>See Also:</H3>
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      <A HREF=initialize.html><B>initialize</B></A> <BR>
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